pleat

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
  2. A similar fold in a filter, lampshade, or various other products.
  3. A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
  4. A plait.
动词 v.
  1. To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment. transitive
  2. To plait.
    — pleat my hair

词形变化

pleats plural pleats present,singular,third-person pleating participle,present pleated participle,past pleated past

词汇关系

衍生词
accordion pleat box pleat cartridge pleat Fortuny pleat honeycomb pleat inverted box pleat kick pleat knife pleat organ pleat pencil pleat reet pleat sunburst pleat Watteau pleat pleatless pleatlike pleaty pleatable pleater repleat unpleat

词源

词源 1
From Middle English, from a variant of plait, from Old French pleit. Doublet of plait.
词源 2
From Middle English, from a variant of plait, from Old French pleit. Doublet of plait.
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